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...Despite the fact that the world's finest male tennis players are embroiled in a labor dispute, Wimbledon tennis should bear watching, as the likes of Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, and Chrissie Evert battle it out. Take that, Bobby Riggs. Channel...
That confrontation came last week. The result was unprecedented: a threatened player boycott of Wimbledon, the prestigious British tournament scheduled to begin this week...
...Yugoslav association is my uncle." But the uncle was adamant, despite Pilic's pleas that he had never agreed to play. Then the I.L.T.F rashly involved the entire tennis world in what was essentially a family affair. It suspended Pilic until July 1, forcing him to miss Wimbledon...
...with our conscience"-the decision was reaffirmed. At week's end, at least 75 of the men players were planning to honor the boycott. Rumania's Hie Nastase was one of the few male stars remaining in the tournament. "None of us wants to walk out on Wimbledon," said Australia's John Newcombe. "It means so much to us -to me, if I could win it a fourth time. But if we back down, then the I.L.T.F will have succeeded in breaking our union. It's us or them...
While that deadlock persisted, a new threat arose. Billie Jean King, a longtime advocate of larger purses for women, considered trying to organize the women players to hold out for equal prizes (the men share $70,500 at Wimbledon, v. $50,500 for the women). That idea fizzled, however. Rather than equal pay, the women will receive a bonus of attention. The men's competition may be crippled, but for the first time this year, the Big Four of women's tennis-Australia's Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong and the U.S.'s King and Chris...